Windows 7 Beta Discussion - Page 6

Dunehunter · 2009-06-03, 06:50

Well, it is safer to back everything up...I mean, it worked fine for me, but you never know what could go wrong.

epoch · 2009-06-03, 06:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by solodude23

I don't really have anywhere to back my files up.

Off topic: What are you going to do when your drive fails?

If your data's important to you - and let's face it music, pictures etc etc are - then you should really think about a way of backing them up. Another drive, external storage, or DVD. It's worth looking at.

Dunehunter · 2009-06-03, 07:11

It's not as if as an external HD costs -that- much nowadays.

solodude23 · 2009-06-03, 09:08

True true. I suppose it would be a good investment.

Dunehunter · 2009-06-03, 09:35

You can also save a lot of room on your internal HD if you simply leave stuff like pictures/music/etc. on the external HD, though that might be risky.

OT: This is awesome. I boot up windows 7, it's done in under a minute, and as soon as it's loaded I can start doing stuff! No more waiting for minutes until everything starts loading

SocketMan · 2009-06-05, 06:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbgeezer

HI, I am buying a new computer without OS, and I am planning to install windows 7 beta on it. Do you recomend this?

No,don't get the beta - get the (win7)RC (build 7100)

Quote:

Originally Posted by solodude23

True true. I suppose it would be a good investment.

An external hard drive is nothing more then an internal hard drive - in a box that
limits it to the USB2 speed (~1/3 of the drive's maximum speed)

Get an internal hard drive and install win7 on that,you can disconnect your current drive before the install process if you're worried something will get deleted.
You'll have 2 hard drives and 2 OS's,can back staff up from 1 drive to another.

Windows has never "liked" multiple partitions,for example you have a 500gb
drive and you make 2 partitions on it ("drive c:" and "drive d:") now if you want to copy a 1gb file (for example) from one folder on "drive c:" to another folder
on the same "drive c:" it would take ~5 seconds.Now try coping the same file,but
onto "drive d:" and now we're looking at 5 minutes.

Robbi · 2009-06-09, 14:23

Quick one: anyone using any of Adobe's CS4 gear on win 7 yet?

When I got the first beta, CS4 wasnt supported at all, has this been rectified?

MadTommy · 2009-06-09, 16:39

^^ hmm no probs with CS3... i was about to upgrade to CS4.. so i guess i'll find out soon.

Robbi · 2009-06-09, 17:09

well im downloading the RC build now [7100] so once I reinstall and install CS4 ill report back when I find out Tommy

solodude23 · 2009-06-09, 18:15

Hmm. I ended up doing a clean install and all my data was just fine. I absolutely love the new taskbar. It solved all my problems. And finally the download folder could be displayed in the Start Menu! Everything seemed to run quite smoother as well and UAC was tolerable on the low setting, hehe.

However I did have somewhat frequent crashes and my ethernet controller turned off and on by itself and half the time I couldn't get it to work. Most games that I could run, ran less smoothly, even with Windows 7 ATI drivers. I'm sure these problems are just on my side but just a heads up for others.

Although I was reluctant, I went back to Vista.

2009-06-03, 06:50	#51
Dunehunter Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,101 Belgium Location: Ghent Blog Entries: 2	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion Well, it is safer to back everything up...I mean, it worked fine for me, but you never know what could go wrong.
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2009-06-03, 07:11	#53
Dunehunter Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,101 Belgium Location: Ghent Blog Entries: 2	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion It's not as if as an external HD costs -that- much nowadays.
	[R-MOD]Jigsaw] I am drunk. I decided to come home early because I can''t realy seea nyithng. I hthknk i madea bad choicce.

2009-06-03, 09:08	#54
solodude23 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,165 United States of America Location: Tacoma, Washington	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion True true. I suppose it would be a good investment.

2009-06-03, 09:35	#55
Dunehunter Retired Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,101 Belgium Location: Ghent Blog Entries: 2	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion You can also save a lot of room on your internal HD if you simply leave stuff like pictures/music/etc. on the external HD, though that might be risky. OT: This is awesome. I boot up windows 7, it's done in under a minute, and as soon as it's loaded I can start doing stuff! No more waiting for minutes until everything starts loading
	[R-MOD]Jigsaw] I am drunk. I decided to come home early because I can''t realy seea nyithng. I hthknk i madea bad choicce.

2009-06-09, 14:23	#57
Robbi Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,540 Vietnam Location: .l..	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion Quick one: anyone using any of Adobe's CS4 gear on win 7 yet? When I got the first beta, CS4 wasnt supported at all, has this been rectified?

2009-06-09, 16:39	#58
MadTommy Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,218 United Kingdom	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion ^^ hmm no probs with CS3... i was about to upgrade to CS4.. so i guess i'll find out soon.
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2009-06-09, 17:09	#59
Robbi Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 3,540 Vietnam Location: .l..	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion well im downloading the RC build now [7100] so once I reinstall and install CS4 ill report back when I find out Tommy

2009-06-09, 18:15	#60
solodude23 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,165 United States of America Location: Tacoma, Washington	Re: Windows 7 Beta Discussion Hmm. I ended up doing a clean install and all my data was just fine. I absolutely love the new taskbar. It solved all my problems. And finally the download folder could be displayed in the Start Menu! Everything seemed to run quite smoother as well and UAC was tolerable on the low setting, hehe. However I did have somewhat frequent crashes and my ethernet controller turned off and on by itself and half the time I couldn't get it to work. Most games that I could run, ran less smoothly, even with Windows 7 ATI drivers. I'm sure these problems are just on my side but just a heads up for others. Although I was reluctant, I went back to Vista.